Bullet Through Flame, 1973

Bullet Through Card [Special Edition] [King of Diamonds]

Little Red Book #200

Small red photo album with white plastic coil binding. The images are inconsistently stored in the album: not one per sleeve, but sometimes stacked 2 to 4 deep per sleeve. Each image is the standard Polaroid format. Those of Murray Brant capture him in a business suit, and are fairly standardized. Those of Christopher Makos belie the more intimate nature of his relationship with Warhol. Dressed in a black suit with white shirt, some of the images are head and torso shots, whereas others show Makos partially disrobed and focus on lower body and genitalia. Description of components: (1) red photo album with white plastic coil binding. Located in sleeve 1a: (2) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit, hand at chin. Sleeve 1b: (3) Headshot portrait of Makos wearing suit and tie, head tilted slightly, looking directly at camera; (4) Headshot portrait of Makos wearing suit and tie, facing left, turning forward and looking directly at camera. Sleeve 2b: (5) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit. Sleeve 3a: (6) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit with hand at chin, looking down; (7) Torso of seated Makos wearing tie, shirt and jacket with bare legs. Sleeve 3b: (8) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit, hand at chin. Sleeve 4a: (9) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit, hand at chin. Sleeve 4b: (10) At right, a man’s (Makos) bare leg shown from mid-thigh wearing white running shoes. His hand is at his knee. (11) Lower body of a man (Makos), his bare thigh and arm, wearing a shirt and jacket, reaching down to his knee. Sleeve 5a: (12) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit with hand at chin, head tilted slightly upwards. Sleeve 5b: (13) head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit with hand at chin. Sleeve 6a: (14) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit with hand at chin. Sleeve 6b: (15) Headshot portrait of Makos wearing suit and tie, head tilted slightly, looking directly at camera. (16) Mostly out of frame headshot portrait of Makos with his hand on the side of his head; his hand, arm and ear all that are visible in frame. Sleeve 7a: (17) Head and shoulders portrait of Brant in business suit with hand at chin. Sleeve 7b: (18) Headshot portrait of Makos wearing suit and tie, looking slightly upwards at camera. Sleeve 8a: (19) Lower torso and genitals of a seated, partially-clothed man (Makos), legs apart, wearing only a dress shirt, tie and jacket. (20) Man (Makos) kneeling with one hand pressed on the floor; he wears a dress shirt and jacket, but his legs are bare. (21) At bottom right of image, man’s (Makos) hand pressed into floor. Background and other details obscured by dark lighting. (22) Lower torso and genitals of a seated, partially-clothed man (Makos), legs apart, wearing only a dress shirt, tie and jacket. Sleeve 8b: (23) Torso of a seated man (Makos), partially clothed in shirt, tie and jacket. Sleeve 9a: (24) Head and shoulders full-front portrait of Makos looking directly at the camera. Sleeve 9b: (25) A man’s (Makos) arm and hand pressing into floor. (26) Head and shoulders full-front portrait of Makos facing left and turning to look up at the camera. Sleeve 10a: (27) Lower torso and genitals of a standing, partially-clothed man (Makos), wearing only a dress shirt, tie and jacket. (28) Lower torso and genitals of a kneeling, partially-clothed man (Makos), wearing only a dress shirt and tie. Sleeve 10b: (29) Headshot portrait of Makos wearing suit and tie, head tilted slightly down to the left and looking upwards at camera. (30) Headshot portrait of Makos wearing suit and tie, head tilted slightly down to the left and looking upwards at camera.